Volkswagen Smart Glasses Project Goes to Production in Plant
After a three-month trial involving up to 30 employees in various areas such as windshields or driveshafts of the Wolfsburg plant, Volkswagen has issued a press release stating that it has determined the system to be effective and in the near future plant logistics personnel will use the system for order picking. According to the release “the objective is to further improve process security in production.”
The system may have been developed in house because there is no mention of a software integrator or hardware partner. And, while the announcement states that the system trialled and proposed a 3D element, the images provided to accompany the release are of a user wearing Google Glass, which does not have support for 3D images or 3D capture.
One of the interesting components of the announcement indicates that the Works Council, the equivalent of a worker’s union, was also involved in the pilot. A spokesperson attests that the use of the system was voluntary and favorably received. It seems that health, safety and occupational medicine criteria have yet to be established but that could follow when feedback from employees is gathered after daily use.